The Westminster Chapel Choir will perform a concert on Saturday, April 8th at 8:00 p.m. at the Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, N.J.  The program, entitled “Rejoice,” will include works ranging from classics by Monteverdi, Handel, Elgar and Poulenc, to contemporary compositions of Moses Hogan and John Tavener, including a new work by Peter Wright, Westminster's associate dean.  
 
Composed of the newest undergraduates at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, the Westminster Chapel Choir, conducted by Sun Min Lee, performs a varied repertoire.  Founded in 1946, it has toured since 1960, performing in churches, schools, and concerts halls throughout America.  It has performed with the Greater Trenton Symphony and the Queens Symphony.  It has also sung for the tree-lighting ceremony in Rockefeller Center in New York.  The ensemble can be seen on several instructional videos used throughout the world for the training of conductors and music educators: Group Vocal Technique: The Choral Ensemble Warm-Up; Ensemble Diction (Hinshaw Music); and Choral Ensemble Intonation (GIA Music).  Its newest recording is An Evening of Readings & Carols.
 
Korean-born conductor Sun Min Lee is an assistant professor of choral conducting at Westminster.  She earned a Bachelor of Church Music degree from the Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary in Korea and a Master of Music degree in choral conducting with distinction from Westminster Choir College.  She is currently pursuing a doctorate at the Eastman School of Music.
 
While she was a student at Westminster, Ms. Lee was a member of the Westminster Choir and Westminster Symphonic Choir under the direction of Joseph Flummerfelt.  Prior to coming to the United States, she received an advanced diploma from the Zoltán Kodály Pedagogical Institute of Music in Kecskemét, Hungary.
  
In the past two years, Sun Min Lee has led concert tours along the East Coast with the Westminster Schola Cantorum and the Westminster Chapel Choir.  In 2004-2005, she collaborated with many renowned guest conductors, including Anton Armstrong, Stephen Paulus, Kathy Romey, Dale Warland, and Mark Laycock for a series of performances in Princeton.  Last spring she prepared the Westminster Symphonic Choir for performances of Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and most recently she collaborated with Lorin Maazel for performances of Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the New York Philharmonic. 

Westminster is located at Hamilton Avenue and Walnut Lane in Princeton.  Admission for this performance is $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors.  Tickets can be purchased by calling the Westminster box office weekdays between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 609-921-2663 or at the door.